Thursday, July 17, 2008

I've already written about how my job has involved many pitch meetings for different products, and that I probably pay attention to commercials, slogans, and advertising in general more than the average person does. I think about what goes into a pitch meeting, and how I'm sure some advertising agencies must be amazed when a client goes with (and pays big money for) some half-baked or unintentionally hilarious idea.

The following product slogan fits right into the How did the marketing department get away with that? category. This is the perfect example of a commercial that a roomful of men must have scripted:

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We started with a simple almond.Added pecans, peanuts and a hint of sweetness.The result?An extraordinary nutsnack.

Facts:-This commercial had Jen & I in hysterics, which confirms that we're 12-year old boys at heart (and if you remember THIS OTHER post, you are not surprised by our reaction to the commercial at all).

-Somehow we've been quoting the commercial incorrectly for the past 48 hours, saying at every opportunity, "...and what we've come up with is an incredible nutsnack". Since "extraordinary" surpasses "incredible", we owe an apology to the True North Nut company for under-appreciating their nutsnack.

-I've already e-mailed the company to see if they'll send me product samples for giveaways. I'll keep you posted.

In other, less nut-centric news:After taking myself and my sister out of the running, and numbering everyone in order of their comment on THIS POST, we have a winner of the George Michael concert merch and her name is Swishy.

22 comments:

Woot! First post on the nutsac. What's even more funny is that I was trying to type so fast so I could make sure I was #1 that I fat fingered it and spelled butsac. And if chinnuts are what they say they are, then a but full of nut has just made me try to explain something that is just putting my foot in my mouth.

@Spammon: OMG, I am CRYING right now! You're killing me. First off, your "WOOT" for being first on a post about a nutsNack is so funny, I'll probably get fired just for inappropriately laughing during an important meeting we're having later today. So, thanks for that. As for your complaint about not winning anything, I don't think you really want a George Michael keychain, do you? Really? How about this: If the True North people send some product samples my way, I will bypass the un-biased Random.org and you will automatically get one of them, no matter what. You have totally earned your own nutsnack, just based on these 2 comments alone.

And it's not until now that I realized that you said nutsnack. It must be my male brain that kept seeing nutsack. And furthermore, I don't think I've said the work nutsnack so many times in such a short period of time.

It's not the prize that matters, it's the concept of winning. And since I have already won said nutsnack, I will die a happy snacking man. Just please don't tell me you'll be kicking them my way.

@Linds: Well, they ARE extraordinary, so I can see why you'd have a craving for them so early in the morning.

@Spammon: That is partly why the commercial is so funny. You can't really tell if the guy says "snack" or "sack". But surely he's not saying "sack". That's just bad marketing. Whether it's nutsnack or nutsack, I can't say it enough. Out loud, and loudly. I can't even blame it on having a male brain like you can. It just rolls off the tongue (that's what she said).

@Troop/Jen: "Something more smarter". I know you typed that on purpose, but holy nutsack, you are funny.

Oh sweet jebus...that's too funny! That reminds me of a meat company here in Southern California who drives their product around in trucks that say "You Can't Beat Our Meat!". No joke, that's their slogan.